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BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH ICE-BREAKERS. AND PARTING WAYS. Tami Eggleston, McKendree College, and Gabie Smith, Elon University (2002 Instructional Resource Award recipients). Overview Many instructors are concerned with creating a COMMUNITY in the CLASSROOM . Although there are numerous published ice-breakers, many of these techniques are not specific to psychology courses or have been used so much that the students see them as redundant and clich . Ice- breakers are better if they have relevance to a specific class, are targeted to the appropriate group, and are varied. The best ice-breakers simply are important, relevant activities that have as an additional feature an opportunity for the group to get acquainted. In addition, we do not view ice-breakers as only necessary the first day or first week of courses, but rather we view ice-breakers as ways to continue BUILDING COMMUNITY and introducing new topics. While the technique of using ice-breakers is well known, quite the opposite is the case with ending a course.

1 BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH ICE-BREAKERS AND PARTING WAYS Tami Eggleston, McKendree College, and Gabie Smith, Elon University (2002 Instructional Resource

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